1952-03-21; Clare Sentinel

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CLARE. MICHIGAN. FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH 21.1952
$2.50 Year In Michigan
New Series, Vol. 60, No, -26
AUGUST STAYLER
FOUND DEAD AT
V UNCOLN HOME
Coroner's   Jury   Determines
Giinshot Wound Was
'Self Inflicted
August-Stayler, of Lincoln township, took his own life at his farm
home about a mile north of the
Bertha Lake Store, early Sunday
B-,orning,
According to State Police of the
ML Pleasant Post, Stayler's wife,
' Rachel, said that "both had returned
home early Sunday morning when
she heard a shot from the kitchen
and found her husband dying. He
hi|d been iii failing health the past
several years.
Clare County Coroner Carl Ste-
Y phensbn, who was called to investigate the case, said that Stayler
shot himself with a .22 calibre rifle,
the bullet' entering his body over
the fourth rib on the left side and
coming' out' of the right shoulder.
The- remains were brought to the
"-Thurston Funeral Home, here,
A paraffin cast of Jthe left hand,
examined al the State Laboratory
in Lansing, and powder burns*on
his jacket, revealed that the wound
was self Inflicted, After these
proofs wbtq presented to the coroner's, jury, a verdict of suicide was
brought in. * _
August William Stayler was
bora the son of James aud Hattie
Stayler at Luckey, Wood County."
Ohio, May 14,1894 and passed away
in Lincoln township, Glare county,
, Michigan, March 16, 1952 at the
age of 67 years, 10 months and
two days.
He was united in marriage to
Rachel Colosky, March 15, 1915. To
th\a union, five children were born.
He is survived by his wife,
Rachel; three daughters, Mrs. Sid-
dona Hilyard, of Farwell, Mrs.
Ethel Reigle, of Midland, and Mrs,
Florence Benaske, of Mt. Pleasant;
two sons, Otto, of Midland, and
S/Sgt. Sidney, stationed at the Air
Base at Bnrbank, California; 22
grandchildren, one great grandchild; and live sisters, all of Ohio.
He was preceded in death by his
father, mother, and one sister.
Mr. Stayler was a kind and loving husband and father. He was always ready to lend a helping hand
and his passing will be deeply
mourned by his many relatives and
a. host of friends,
* Funeral services were hejd f**«»a
the Giimore Church of -Christ at
2:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon,
with Rev. Newton Huffine, pastor
of the chur6h, officiating and interment at the Giimore .Cemetery.
Thurston Funeral Honie was in
charge ot arrangements.
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FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR MO ROBINETTE
HELD MARCH 9TH
World War II Veteran l,aici
... To Rest Here With
Military Honors
Mile- Robinette was born June 3,
1919, the son of Thurman and Olive
Robinetfe and passed away at the
Veterans Hospital in Tucson, Arizona ,on March 1,1952, at the early
age of 3'2 years, eight month's and
28 days.
Milo spent his entire life in the
vicinity of Clare, with the exception of a short time in the Army,
and the last four years in Tuscon,
Arizona.
Milo had a very kind and loving
nature which endeared him to alt
who knew him and won him many
•friends both here and in Arizona,
He has been in poor health for a
number of years and had spent a
great deal of the last two years in
the hospital.
* He leaves to mourn his loss, his
mother, Olive, two sisters, Mrs.
Emma Melchior, of Detroit, and
Mrs. Arlene Brasington, of Clare;
one niece and four nephews; besides many relatives and friends.
His father preceded him in death
March 19, 1949.
. Short funeral services were held
from the Tucson Mortuary Chapel
at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, March
6, conducted by Veterans Chaplain
Phillips, and the remains were shipped to Clare for burial.
Funeral services were held from
the Stephenson Funeral Home Sunday afternoon March 9, with Rev.
1>. J. Nevins officiating with military services conducted- by the local V.F.W Post and burial in
Cherry Grove cemetery,
Clare Host
To DeMolay
Tournament
Clare will be host to the second
DeMolay Invitational Basketball
Tournament March 27-29. Tournament directors announced that a
six team, fteld is expected to make
up the tourney.
The opening round will start
Thursday with two games scheduled that night at 7:30 and 9:00,
Saturday afternoon, March 29,
the wihneys of the games Thursday
night will meet two teams that
drew first round byes at 2:00 and
3:30 p,m. Saturday evening the
finals are slated at 7:30 p.m.
Tourney directors announced
that Saginaw accepted a bid to the
meet early in the week. Saginaw
joins Clare as teams already lined
UP for the cage carnival, Other
teams under consideration for bids
to the tourney are Midland, Flint,
Owosso, Lansing, Bay City, St.
Johns, and -Mt, Pleasant. Only four
of these teams will participate In
the tournament.
Coaching Clare's forces will be
Ernie Bryant? all time high scorer
in high school history in Clare. The
Clare team was defeated in season
games by Lansing twice and Saginaw once-
Last year St. Johns won the title
defeating Clare in the finals.
STATE WOMEN'S
FELLOWSHIP HEAD
TO SPEAK HERE
President Mrs. Keith Elliott
*     To Be Women's Guild
Guest Wednesday
Next Wednesday evening, March
26, at 8:00 P.M., the Women's Guild
of the Congregational Church.will
entertain the itwo other women's
organizations of the church, the
Ladies Union and the First Circle
ahd any other women of the church
when Mrs. Keith Elliott, president
of the Michigan Women's Fellowship of the Congregational Christian Conference will bring a message of interest to all Congregational women.
The Guild feels especially fortunate in having* obtained Mrs. Elliot as its speaker, and it is hoped
that as many as possible will take
aavantage at h-earing her. Those
of the group who have heard her
at Association-meetings are most
enthusiastic over her vital personality and wealth of Christion experience. ,
A dinner will be held for Mrs.
Elliott in the Hotel Doherty before
the meeting 'that evening, and in
addition to all the officers of the
three women's organizations, any
women interested In getting better
acquainted with our state presi-
den are invited to attend. Please
make your reservations with Mrs.
Edward Johnston no later than
Tuesday night, March 25.
Also featured on -the evening's
program will be a selection of readings given by the high school Verse
Speaking Choir, under the direction
of Mrs. Louisa Bowler. Rev. Oscar
Olson will lead the devotions and
the meeting will be conducted by'
Guild President Mrs. Stuart Bick-
neU. __
Following the meeting proper,
which will be held in the church
'sanctuary, all will be invited to
retire to the church parlors where
refreshments will be served by
Mrs. Gertrude Gardiner's Tea Committee, which includes Mabel For-
tin, Miss Myra Hales and Mrs. Oscar Olson.
Eight women of this church traveled to St. Johns Wednesday of
this week to a luncheon meeting of
the Central Association of Women's Fellowship where they heard
Rev. Eleanor Wilson a missionary
from Micronesia. Mrs. Keith Elliot
also speoke on this program.
The Guild has been busy sewing
quilts and making children's scrap-
books for their mission project,
and a rummage sale has been
scheduled for April 5.
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Students To Attend
Career Day ilt
Evart Inarch 27
Career day will be held at Evart
High School for Juniors and Seniors March 27. The program will
start at exactly 10:00 A.M. with
each student attending a general
assembly first and then his own
special schedule.
The vocations will cover a very
large variety of sections, some of
which are colleges, secretarial, military ' (for both boys and girls),
beautician, photography, and conservation. "• .    .  .
On the same dafe, Freshmen
■and Sophomores at Clare will have
n, Career Day organized by Mrs,
■j^Xvah Emery, The pattern of the day
will resemble closely the one held
gt Evart,, •     _,  l: ■      ___
Band Beginners Progress
A brother aM sister team in the young persons of Sharon
and Larry Lang is included in the Clare school band's beginner group, now practicing regularly in anticipation of membership in the junior band.
Sharon and Larry are both in the woodwind section of the
class of fifty-four students who will graduate to the senior
band organization as they become proficient.
Photos by Lee Sowle
Old Favorites
To Some
New Delights
For Many More
Clare Sentinel comic page
readers will meet three newcomers in next week's paper.
Grandma
Mutt and Jeff
Rin_in' Time
These cartoon strip people
are well known to many
newspaper readers, and are
certain to become friends--of
many others in the Sentinel
"family" of subscribers.
The artists, all famous for
comics which are really funny, Show their characters in
situations that make you
chuckle', make you forget
your cares, and make The
Sentinel more interesting to
read and-enjoy.
On Next Week's
Comics Page of
The Sentinfel
Linda McQuiston, Martha Lucy and Charles Prather are
the three flute players showing progress in their beginner
class rehearsals in .the Clare Public School instrumental
music program. Weeks of practicing and lessons from Director Harold Collins,- are advancing these students toward
band ■partieirjation.*'' "* • '       Photo by Lee* Sowle-
STORE OWNERS    .
EYE FRIDAY NITE
SHOPPING HOURS
Meeting Monday To Discuss
Closing  Saturday
Evenings
After two weeks of discussion
among Clare merchants and businessmen on the question of closing business" places on Saturday
evening and remaining open on
Friday evenings instead, the decision will be put to a vote next Monday,
The meeting to initiate definite
action on the question is called by
Chamber .of Commerce President
Jennings Archambault for 7:00
p.m. at the Clare city hall.
Arguments by those in favor of
Friday evening shopping hours em-
-*li*)size that Saturday business
volume has decreased in the hours
after six o'clock while weekly paychecks issued on Friday are stimulating Friday shopping.
A petition circulated here last
week by Theron Luft, Kroger store
manager, bears the names of many
businessmen who favor the changed
hours. '
. All store owners and merchants
Who would be affected in the
proposition are specially urged to
attend the meeting and voice their
preference in the matter.
Dog Owners Are
Warned By Police
The Clare police issued a. timely
warning this week that female dogs
in heat which are found running at
large iu the city, will be disposed of
according to the city ordinance.
Numerous complaints of dog
nuisance are received almost daily,
and strict enforcement of the law
is necessary.
Opposition
Light For
Election
With only three candidates filing
petitions for nomination for three
chairs on the City Commission to
be filled at the April 7 City Election, there seems to be no competition for the offices.
Candidates filing at closing time
Tuesday afternoon were John Davy,
who seeks re-election after serving
one two year term; and Laurenee
Seiter and Allen Crum, newcomers
in city politics.
Filing for nomination for the office of Justice of Peace, were
W. B. Dunlop, who has served one
four year term in Municipal Court
under the Commission form of city
government; and Joe McLaughlin,
former city policeman who is making his first bid for public office.
The two candidates receiving the
greatest number of votes^for City
Commission will be elected for two
year ■•'terms; and the candidate receiving the third greatest number
of votes will be elected for a one
year term.
Only one candidate will be elected to the office of Justice of
Peace.
With the possibility of "sticker"
or write in "candidates" entering
the race, it is hoped that a representative number of voters will
east ballots at the polls April 7.
Firemen Respond To Alarm
When Pie Catches Afire
The Olare Fire Department was
called to the John Blackledge home
on West First Street at 5:30 o'clock
last Friday afternoon. _The firemen
carried a burning pie from the oven
in the kitchen of the home. The
loss was confined to the pie and
' smoke damage.
W.BURT GREER
PASSES AWAY AT
CUREHOSPITAL
Funeral Services To Be Held
Here Corning Sunday
Afternoon
Burt Greei, 70, for many years
well known and highly respected
:n Clare business circles, passed
away at Claie General Hospital at
8 4-3 o'clock Wednesday evening.
Mi Greer entered the hospital
Tuesday ot last week and submitted to major, surgery the following
evening. His condition was thought
to be improving the first of tks
week, but he failed to recover.
He was a member of the Wm. H.-
Bicknell •& Co. department store
firm here and had been associated
with the business for fifty years,
He entered the mercantile business as an employee of the late.
James S. Bicknell in a general
store, at Shepherd and was employed in the same store by the late
Frank Bellinger, before moving to
Clare,
He was made a Master Mason in
Sault River Lodge at Shepherd and
transferred to John Q, Look Lodge
404; in Clare. lie was a life member of the Local Masonic Lodge
when he passed away.
Friends may call at the home at
805 Beech Street, Friday and 'Saturday,
Funeral services will be held
from the Thurston Chapel here at
2; 00 o'clock Sunday afternoon, with
Elder Chester Clough of the Mt.
Pleasant Seventh Day * Adventist
Church officiating, and interment
iu Cherry Grove cemetery.
The store to which he has devoted the- most of his life will remain
closed until Monday morning.
Five Called
For April
Induction
Five CJare county young men will
leave here Wednesday, April 2, for
final induction into the Armed Service at Detroit the following day.
Selective Service Board Clerk
Mrs. Harvey Hartshorn announces
that the April quota includes:
Joseph R. Carrow, of It-2, Clare.
Jonathan A. Swartz, of Temple.
Albert F. Wentworth, of R-5
Clare.
Kariyle Coveart, of Clare.
Lawrence Beck, of Clare.
Carrqw, Coveart and Beck volun-,
teered for induction.
No quota was set for final induction from Clare county in March.
Six Clare county young men have
been called for pre-induction physical examination in April, They will
leave Clare Tuesday, April 8, for
examination nt Detroit April 9. A
transfer from Reed City will accompany the' group.
JUDGE HOLBROOK
AWARDED GREAT
DeMOLAY HONOR
1,000 ATTEND
ROTARY BOXING
SHOWMONDAY
Fans Enjoy Scientific Boxing
And Rugged Toe To Toe
Slugging Matches
The Clare Rotary Club sponsored
St. Patrick's Boxing Show at the
Clare high school gymnasium Monday evening, was attended by 1,000
fans with a complete sell-out of
CtekiSi!- and standing room only
available by Monday afternoon..
The Clare High School Band, directed by Harold Collins, played
several selections appropriate to
the day, and closed with the
National Anthem.
Mickey Crawford, of Saginaw,
State Amateur Golden Gloves Lightweight Champion, was introduced.
He won his title at the Grand
Rapids State Golden Gloves Tournament, this year.
Leo Nashatka, professional Bay
City lightweight who was well
known as a Golden Gloves fighter
two years ago, was presented. He
will box in a professional show at
Bay City, March 28.
The results of the 12 bout show
here follow:
First bout—Andy Irwin, of Clare,
fought Dick Barry, of Bay City, at
13 S pounds. Irwin won a close decision at tlie end of the third
round.
Second Bout—Walt Wilson, of
Clare, fighting as an amateur for
the first time, and Don Krause, of
Cadillac, who had three previous
bouts iu the amateurs, were paired
at 170 pounds. Wilson lost the
decision by one point, making a
very good showing.
In the third bout, at 112 pounds.
Charlie Osuna, of Saginaw, KO'd
Larry Syring, of Bay City, in the
first round of a short but snappy
fight.
In the. fourth round, Petey Armstrong, of Saginaw, fought Harry
Wilson, of Cadillac, .at 113 pounds.
Petey -just had too many guns for
Olson and stopped him in the fir3t
round.
In the fifth bout, at 120 pounds,
Julio Osuna, of Saginaw, fought
Art Hetherington, of Gladwin.
Hetherington scored a first round
KO.
In the sixth bout, Jack Camaril-
lo, of Saginaw, fought three very
close rounds with Al Kennedy, of
Bay City, at 135 pounds, with Kennedy getting a decision.
in the seventh bout, at 135
pounds, Jack Faulkner, of Bay City,
took a very close decjsion over
Dick Vasquez, of Saginaw.
In the eighth bout, Bill Siddops,
of Clare, boxing Mike Sheehan, of
Gladwin, at 128 pounds, lost by a
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Active In  Circles  Of  Order
Church And Other
Organizations
• Judge Donald B. Holbrook, of
Clare has been awarded the Honorary Legion of Honor by the Grand
Council of the Order of DeMolay
Meeting in Chicago, March 3rd.
The Honorary Legion of Honor
Degree is awarded to outstanding
citizens who have not been De-
Malays but who have contributed
greatly to the Order of DeMolay of
their time and efforts. Less than a
dozen men in the state of Michigan
have received this honor,
j Judge Holbrook -;has been active
with the Glenn F. Sanford Chapter
' of the Order of DeMolay since its
inception, holding the very responsible position of Dad of the Chap-
1 ter. He is a, member of the State
• Advisory Council of the Order of
' DeMolay and was instrumental in
the founding of the Mt. Pleasant
Chapter several years ago.
However, this honor is conferred
not only because of DeMolay work,
but becau.se of civic work. Judge
Holbrook has* been very, active in
I church circles, in tlft Methodist
Church, in Boy Scout work and
other youth activities in civic and
in veterans organizations, Kiwanis
Club and various other activities.
All of ttyese things were considered
in making the award.
j The .actual degree will probably
be conferred this fall at the State
DeMolay Conference. Plans for the
event have not yet been .completed
but tentatively It is scheduled for
Detroit.
Blue Star Mothers
Elect Officers
James Reeder Chapter No. 33,
Blue Star Mothers of America,
met March 14 in the V.F.W. hall for
the regular meeting, with President
LeDolia Blanchard presiding.
Three visitors from the Farwell
Chapter were welcomed. They were
Mrs. Chloe Renner, Mrs. Minnie
Dell, and Mrs. Eisenhauer.
Chloe Renner, president of the
Farwell Chapter, presented the
Clare chapter with a check for
$5.00 for their charter. Eight applications for membership were read
and approved.
Doris Tomaski, was elected recording secretary, Mildred Farrell
musician^ and Agues Pudvay, June
-Holt, Ethel Mayhew, and Cecil
Bounchey, ways and means committee.
There will be a. social meeting at
the home of Mrs. Bsta Hendershot,
three miles south and one mile
west of Clare at 8:00 o'clock this
Friday evening, March 21. All members are requested to bring a small
gift for prizes.
Members wishing to go, will meet
at the Midway Restaurant. Visitors
welcome,
Pare And
Delegates
FFA
For
State Convention Trip
Lyle Bates and Merle Cotton In Line
For^State Farmer Degree Award
LANSING LODGE
CONFERS DEGREE
AT FARWELL SAT.
More   Than   300   Masons ^At
Dramatic Ceremony In
School Gymnasium
Last Saturday was a red letter
day in Farwell Masonry with more
than 300 members of the fraternity
meeting at the school gymnasium
for the exemplification of the second section of the Master Mason
degree by the degree team of Lansing Lodge No, 33.
Lodge wub opened at 5:0(To'clock
with W. M. Elv-en Larrance, of Corning Lodge No. 335, in the East
and S. W. Robert Jones, J. W- Orley Rodgers Jr., S. D. F**a.nk Warner and J.D. Thos. Brooks in their
chairs.
The first section of the third degree was conferred upon Harold
Love, of Lake, with his brother,-
William Love, Past Master of Dia-
mondale Lodge No, 449, presiding
in the East.
150 Masons enjoyed a fine ham
dinner in the social parlors of the
Methodist Church at 6:30 o'clock.
Among those who were presented
and "spoke briefly at the dinner
were W. M. Archie Beatty, of Clare,
W. M. Ben Dunham, of Harrison;
H. P. Douglas Sandback, of Mt.
Pleasant Chapter, R.A.M.; H.P.
Earl Beatty,-of Farwell, R.A.M.;
W.M. Robert H. Rule, of Lansing;
Laurenee Seiter, of Olare, member
of Board of General "Purposes for
District 25; Judge Donald E. Holbrook, ot" Clare, member of Advisory Board of Michigan DeMolay;
Rev, Leslie J. Nevins, of Clare;
and .Secretary Chas. McCamment,
Of Mt. Pleasant Lodge.
W. M. Rule presided in the East
at 7:30 when his forty man degree
team of Lansing Lodge No. 33 conferred the Master Mason .degree
upon Harold Love. '
The officers and degree team of
Lansing Lodge appropriately dressed for the degree, very efficiently
performed the dramatic ceremony
in an atmosphere of splendor.
Morgan L. Smead Right Worshipful Grand Lecturer and Past Grand
Master, was presented and gave a
very interesting and informative
talk on Masonic history in Michigan.
Others presented were Laurenee
Seiter; J. L. Huntef, Deputy Instructor, District 24; and Judge
Holbrook.
Visiting Masons included Waldo
Sill,"Dist. Deputy Instructor R.A.M.;
and Charles Robbins, King of Mt.
Pleasant Chapter,
Lodges represented at the cere-*
moiiy were: Lansing 33, Harrison
436, Clare 404, Mt. Pleasant 305,
Hersey 311, Evart 320, St. Louis
•188, Reed City 363, Winn 383, Big
Rapids 176, Edmore 360; - GladwTn
397, Beaverton 453, Luther 370,
Rochester 5, Roscommon 364 and
Diamondale 449.
* Among 700 members of the Michigan Association of the Future
Farmers of America getting ready
for the 24th annual convention at
Michigan State College, March 25
and 26, are six representatives
from Clare and Farwell schools.
Delegates from Farwell High
School who will attend the convention are Gerald Shilling and De-
Wayne Dysinger.. They will be accompanied to East Lansing'*by
their' agricultural instructor, Mr.
James McGuire, of the Farwell
school faculty.
Clare school delegates are Jim
Bader and Jake Miller who will attend the convention together with
Mr. Floyd Norcutt, their instrucor
from the Clare school faculty.
Two other Clare boys: Lyle
Bates and Merle Wayne Cotton,
will be among specially honored
state F.F-A. members to receive-the
State Farmer Ejjpgree in a highlighted ceremony on the program.
Wayne is also a candidate for the
national FFA band.
Other events to be witnessed will
include election of officers for the
coming year, contests in public
speaking, tryouts for national FFA
chorus, and various talent tryouts
and awarding of honorary degrees.
The convention is sponsored by
the department of public instruction office of vocational education
in cooperation with Michigan State
College in East Lansing. Speakers
before the meeting will be Governor
G. Mennen Williams; Charles 11.
Ocker, national FFA secretary of
Cameron, Missouri; James Ridout,
editor of Electricity on the Farm,
New York City and others.
Greetings to the FFA delegates
will be given by Patricia Maguire,
Oxford, president of the Michigan
Association of-Future Homemakers
of America. Dean E. L. Anthony,
of the MSC division of agriculture,
will welcome the FFA members to
the college campus.
Delegates will be housed on the
campus and all meetings will beheld there. Robert Nemcik, Elsie,
a freshman in Michigan State
College, is president of the state
association.
CONGREGATIONAL GUILD
RUMMAGE SALE APRIL 5
The Congregational Guild ladies
are sponsoring a rummage sale to
be held April 5 in the basement of
the church. Contributions are
asked for as early as possible aud
givers may phone 323 or 114 for
pick up before noon Friday of that
week.
Pioneer Grangers Built Own Mt« Vernon Hal!
BY MISS EDITH BREWER
About that time members were
discussing the need of a hall and
the possibility of securing one.
Then Charles Northon Sr. offered a plot of ground from the
North East corner of his farm,
facing Isabella road for a site for
the hall. His offer was accepted;
plans were made and work was
begun.
With but little money in the
treasury ' the work was mostly
donated.
It was decided to erect the
building of cement blocks. Cement then cost $1.25 per barrel.
The men made the wooden
forms for the blocks and the
cement was mixed by hand with
shovels. Those familiar with this
type of work know the large
amount of labor required to make
enough blocks for this building.
Often "bees" were held, the
wives bringing the planned dinner which was served hot at the
Northon home nearby.
Finally enough blocks were
made, the walls were erected and
with the help of many loyal
friends .the hall was completed.
Good flooring not being available in town a member went to
Cadillac on the train and "purchased good quality hard wood
flooring which was used in laying the smooth floor now in the
assembly room.
Those were "horse and buggy"
days and the thoughtful Granger
was considerate of his horses so
it seemed necessary to provide
shelter for them.
The committee bought lumber
. from a mill near Loomis for HVs
a thousand and the horse sheds
were built before- winter came
These were used for some years
until horses no longer came to
Grange, then the lumber was used
for the wood and coal shed now
at the rear of the hall.
During these fifty years many
improvements have been made in
the hall, especially *in the kitchen
where suitable cupboards have
been built, gas stove and sink installed, and necessary equipment
provided for serving meals.
This group favors the health
programs as carried on in Isabella county. Blue Cross insurance is
available to all members.
Extension groups are welcome
to meet here for special work and
our hail is freely opened for the
F.F.A. boys, the 4-H Clubs or
other such youth groups.
The Farm Bureau i'ents the
hall for a meeting ones each
month.
All these years a long line of
worthy Grange brothers and sis-
tors, officers and members, have
carried on the work maintaining
the pi*inciples and high-ideals of
our fraternity. Much has been
learned from these gatherings
and many happy times .enjoyed!
Knowledge is the foundation of
happiness so we endeavor to advance the cause of education by
every just means within our
power. Our motto: In essentials
unity; in non essentials liberty;
in all things charity, -Imploring
our Divine Master lor guidance
in all worthwhile activities and
pledging ourselves to labor together harmoniously that by our
united efforts we may return to
the wisdom, justice, fraternity
and" political purity of our forefathers,*
District Governor
Kiwanis Speaker
Wednesday Night
The Clare Kiwanis Club met at
Hotel Doherty Wednesday evening
of last week, with Vice President
Howard Everts presiding.
Program Chairman Art Damoth
presented a St. Patrick's Day program,
Fr. Brannigan, of St. Henry's
Church, gave a very interesting and
complete history of St. Patrick's
Day.
Jack Hall lead in the singing of
Irish songs and favored the group
with two appropriate solos.
Tim Cotter very pleasingly recited the poem, "Casey At Bat."
Art went all out with his program, even to furnishing those
present with green derbys and
pipes.      *
Guests were Gene Bowland, of
Coleman, Dan McDonald, Robert
Mitchell, Ralph Cole and Harold
Church.
This Wednesday evening .President Theo Wallington presided at
-.he club meeting.
Ed Johnston wis in charge of
the program and showed beautiful
and thrilling colored motion pictures of the Johnstons' recent trip
to Mexico,
District Governor Arlie Osborn,
of Mt. pleasant, reminded the Ki--
wanians of the purposes and work
of their club in a very pleasing
manner. ...
Earl Baumgarth and Robert
Mitchell were Inducted as new
members of the club.
Visiting Kiwanians were H. R.
Willet and R. J. Harvey, of Marion,
and sRalph Cole was a guest of
Mark Bicknell.
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Farwell News 6
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Chifrch & Bible Comments . 10
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JOHN ROBT. POWERS
PASSES MONDAY AT
HOME IN LOOMIS
Funeral  Services Held Here
With Interment At
Cherry Grove
John Robert Powers was born
the son of Mary and Robert Powers,
December 30,1863, in Pennsylvania,
and departed this life at his hpme
in'Loomis, March 17, 1952, at the
age of 88 years, two months and 18
days.
At an early age, he migrated with
his parents to the State of Ohio,
traveling by ox cart and fording
many streams. Living in this state
for many years, he acquired his
education and was a graduate of
Heidelberg University, Tiffin, Ohio,
and taught school for 18 years.
He was united in marriage to
Emma Miller, September 24, 1888,
at Mansfield, Ohio, This union was
blessed with five children, Jessie
the eldest, who died at an early age,
and those surviving, Roy and Howard, of Detroit, Mrs, Helen Kraft,
of Ohio, and William, at home.
Having lost his loving companion
by death in the year 1898, he was
re-married to Hannah Miller, December 31,1898. To this union Tvere
born three children, Ralph, who
died in infancy, Hazel Reigel, who
preceded him in death 14 years
ago, and Floyd, living in Detroit.
His wife, Hannah, preceded him
in death three years ago.
In 1904, he moved his family lo
Michigan, traveling by horse and
wagon settling" at McBain, where
they lived for Several years before
movlng'to Loomis, where he passed
away.
Besides a host of friends, he
leaves to mourn this loss a brother,
Andy, of Republic* Ohio, 18 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
He was a kind and loving"* father
and a very considerate neighbor,
always willing to lend a helping
hand in need and will be. greatly
missed by all.
Funeral services were held from
the Thtrrston Funeral Home at
2; 00. o'clock Thursday afternoon,
With Itev. Eugene Burton officiating and interment at Cherry Grove
cemetery, ,
Despondent Because
Of illness, Coleman
Man Takes Own Life
Cornelius "Pat" Johnson, 58, of
Coleman, was\ found* ih a bedroom
of his home there, Monday, with a
bullet wound from a 38 .calibre re»
volver in his head.
■Coroner A. H. Bradley, who was
called to investigate the case and
determined the cause of death to
be suicide, said'that Johnson, who
had been in 111 health the past two
years, had been despondent because of his illness. He had been a
resident of Coleman more than 40
years.
Funeral services were held from
the Doherty Funeral Home, there
at 2:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, with intsi-meilt in the Coleman cemetery* ' ■ , *>